Description
Letter from Alexander Pope to his friend and legal advisor William Fortescue, largely concerning Pope's ongoing feud with
Edmund Curll.
Background
Alexander Pope (May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744) was one of the most influential and successful writers of the eighteenth century,
despite a physical disability and his Catholic faith during a Protestant regime. Pope participated in the first stirrings
of the modern copyright system by engaging himself with the question of literary propriety and ownership as an alternative
to private patronage.
Extent
1 leaf : paper ; 186 x 303 mm.
Restrictions
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and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Availability
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